Kuldeep Yadav becomes first Indian bowler to take two ODI hat-tricks

Kuldeep Yadav joins the elite list of bowlers including Lasith Malinga, Wasim Akram and Trent Boult- who have picked up more than one ODI hat-trick. Get the full list here.

List of Bowlers who have taken more than one ODI hat-trick:

S.no	Bowler	Country	No. of Hat-tricks	Year
1.	Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	3	2007 & 2011
2.	Wasim Akram	Pakistan	2	1989 & 1990
3.	Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	2	1996 & 1999
4.	Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	2	2001 & 2003
5.	Trent Boult	New Zealand	2	2018 & 2019
6.	Kuldeep Yadav	India	2	2017 & 2019

Kuldeep Yadav ODI Hat-trick: Key Facts

• Kuldeep Yadav has created a new record by becoming the first Indian bowler to pick up two ODI hat-tricks.

• He is the fourth Indian to pick up an international hat-trick in 2019, after Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah and Deepak Chahar.

• Mohammed Shami picked up a hat-trick during ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, Jasprit Bumrah took a hat-trick during India’s test series against West Indies in                            August and Deepak Chahar picked up a hat-trick during India’s recently concluded T20I series against Bangladesh.

• Overall, Kuldeep Yadav’s recent feat is the fifth instance of an Indian bowler picking up a hat-trick in One Day Internationals.

Indian ODI hat-tricks: Background

• Chetan Sharma was the first Indian bowler to pick up a hat-trick in ODIs. He achieved the feat during the 1987 World Cup against New Zealand.

• Kapil Dev was the second Indian bowler to pick up a hat-trick in 1991 against Sri Lanka in Kolkata.

• Kuldeep Yadav had become the third Indian bowler to join the elite list with his hat-trick in 2017 against Australia.  

• Mohammed Shami became the fourth Indian bowler to take a hat-trick during the 2019 Cricket World Cup against Afghanistan.

• Only two bowlers - Chetan Sharma and Mohammed Shami-have picked up a hat-trick for India during the Cricket World Cup.

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